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When Nikita Khursa returned from the Ukrainian front with shrapnel lodged near his heart and a plastic bag filled with war-time payoffs, he believed he had finally earned a shot at a new life. He and his wife had planned to buy a flat. Instead, a night of drinking and a stop by Russian police ended with nearly all his savings gone. “Shut up, do you know how much money that is?” one officer barked as they took the cash, BBC reported.Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Russia’s soldiers a hero’s welcome. Instead, many are being cheated, robbed, and forgotten —…

Even as India and the US negotiate a trade agreement, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods from August 1, with an additional but unspecified “penalty” for its defence and energy imports from Russia.In a post on social media platform Truth Social, Trump said India has “the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country”. India’s Commerce and Industry Ministry said the government had taken note of Trump’s statement and is “studying its implications”. “India and the US have been engaged in negotiations on concluding a fair, balanced and mutually beneficial…

TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. What happens when a billionaire has more control over America’s space program than the agency that put a man on the moon? Franklin Foer, a staff writer for The Atlantic, has written a new piece titled “The Man Who Ate NASA.” It traces how Elon Musk, through his company SpaceX, has become not just a partner to NASA but, in many ways, its replacement. Last year alone, 95% of rocket launches in the U.S. came from SpaceX. That includes missions for the Pentagon, for intelligence agencies and the International Space…

In this file photo from August 1958 American labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, President of the Teamster’s Union, testified at a hearing investigating labor rackets. Hoffa disappeared in 1975 and no body has ever been found. Keystone/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption toggle caption Keystone/Getty Images/Hulton Archive His full name is James Riddle Hoffa. But everyone knew him as Jimmy. A labor leader who thrived in the rough and tumble world of union organizing, of contracts, and picket lines… and of standing up for workers right no matter what. When he disappeared it was front page news. But how many imagined we’d…

In the 8th inning of the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday, Toronto’s catcher, Ali Sanchez, was on the mound. Here’s what happened when he threw a 35-mph pitch.

There are few greater gatherings of people in the country than game day at Knoxville’s Neyland Stadium. Being the sixth largest stadium in the United States (and the eighth largest in the world to fully fill out its brag sheet), Neyland packs in a mighty crowd of attendees more populous than the town of Bend, Oregon, within its official capacity of 101,915. Under the glitter of those Saturday night lights, surrounded by panoramic views of orange and white, you’re never more connected to what it means to be a Volunteer than when you join in the chorus of 100,000-some voices…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on July 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Following his announcement of a 25% tariff rate on India plus an unspecified “penalty” tariff for India purchasing Russian energy and arms, U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was still negotiating the final tariff rate with India, while at the same time linking India’s membership to the BRICS group of countries as another reason for the penalty. “Well, we’re negotiating right now,” Mr Trump told a reporter who had asked what the additional penalty for “support to Russia”…

NewsFeedThe co-founder of UK-based Palestine Action has won her bid to challenge a government decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. A judge ruled the ban may violate freedom of expression. Since the ban in early July nearly 200 people have been arrested on suspicion of publicly supporting the group.Published On 30 Jul 202530 Jul 2025

Krysten Lawton, 53, works in health and safety at Ford Motor Company of Canada’s engine plant in Windsor, Ontario — mere blocks from the Detroit River — where she has worked for 30 years.Lawton is a fourth-generation auto worker in Windsor, an industrial hub abutting Canada’s US border near Detroit.Her great-grandfather, both grandfathers and her father all worked for Ford, which employs her, her husband and their oldest son.“These are really good-paying jobs,” Lawton says of the factory, where she currently works in health and safety.“This is life-changing for people to work here.”Windsor employs more people in manufacturing jobs than…

NewsFeedGerman biathlete and two-time Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier was killed by falling rocks while scaling Laila Peak, a 6,094-meter summit in northern Pakistan. She was struck by a landslide around noon Monday at an altitude of approximately 5,700 meters.Published On 30 Jul 202530 Jul 2025